tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.comments2017-08-11T21:44:24.843-07:00PChucks NetworkChuck Crollhttps://plus.google.com/114025756997654559499noreply@blogger.comBlogger164125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-75822228498928448012013-01-02T23:18:51.594-08:002013-01-02T23:18:51.594-08:00Wow so easy thank you I didn&#39;t know how to sha...Wow so easy thank you I didn&#39;t know how to share my files on my second router with the other devices connected on the first router! Changed to access point switched from WAP to lan. All done! Thanks!hamenoskilihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04559272760344615951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-73384776421781121842012-12-27T13:39:09.323-08:002012-12-27T13:39:09.323-08:00Thanks. It took me two days solid work to locate a...Thanks. It took me two days solid work to locate and correct the problem but your diagnostics were correct. A two system network, browsing fine when &#39;B&#39; was master browser, broken when &#39;A&#39; was master browser. Master browser was running but <b>NOT</b> active. Eventually found an extra firewall from a company called GFI and removed it. Not sure what app had installed it but that was the problem.David Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17244698260954882891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-78272625999352708022012-12-22T06:17:10.676-08:002012-12-22T06:17:10.676-08:00I&#39;ve dutifully followed the suggestions in &#3...I&#39;ve dutifully followed the suggestions in &#39;Network Neighborhood Troubleshooting&#39; but to no avail. Here&#39;s the situation and the vital stats.<br /><br />I have four PCs on my LAN: 1(XPsp3), 2(XPsp3), 3(Win7 Pro), 4(Win7 Home Prem.). #s 1, 2 &amp; 3 can see everyone in Neighborhood, but #4 can only see itself and #3. #4 can ping everyone (by either IP address or name). And all four access the internet.<br /><br />The LAN uses a gateway/router with static IPs assigned. (There is no DHCP enabled.) Everyone&#39;s on the same subnet (including a repeater/amplifier). Here&#39;s the ipconfig from #4.<br /><br />Windows IP Configuration<br /><br /> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : fklaptop2<br /> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : <br /> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed<br /> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No<br /> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No<br /><br />Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 3:<br /><br /> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : <br /> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC #2<br /> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 68-A3-C4-31-33-86<br /> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No<br /> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes<br /> IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.162.80(Preferred) <br /> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0<br /> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.162.1<br /> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.162.1<br /> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled<br /><br />Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:<br /><br /> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected<br /> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : <br /> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR8152 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller<br /> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 60-EB-69-DD-A1-37<br /> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No<br /> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes<br /><br />Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 12:<br /><br /> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected<br /> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : <br /> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #5<br /> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0<br /> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No<br /> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes<br /><br />I tried browstat but only got a window message that the entry point for I_NetNameValidate could not be found in NETAPI32.dll. (The .dll file does exist, in System32.)<br /><br />Any ideas?<br />Thanks!<br /> Frankfrankinbahiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03265553022800109170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-7625239666299431192011-11-25T17:26:51.282-08:002011-11-25T17:26:51.282-08:00Thanks so much for the great info on here though s...Thanks so much for the great info on here though some of it flies over my head at a rate of knots!<br /><br />Recently I added a password for the main user account of one of my XP home computers and did not know what chaos that would cause on my network! It was weird when it couldn&#39;t browse itself through the network neighbourhood so I knew it was something to do with the network settings. Nearly reinstalled windows and you&#39;ve saved me from that fate.<br /><br />I changed the password back to blank and had to enable net user on that account and all seems fine again. Thanks!<br /><br />When you say password need to by synchronised do you mean there could be a unique password on each computer on the network so long as both the guest and user account are the same or do you mean throughout the network they must be all blank or all the same? For windows XP home I mean. <br />Recently I connected to a windows 7 machine by enabling sharing and naming it into my workgroup. When connecting I was prompted for a password and used the main logon. That gave me that mad idea to add a password to one of my machines which I thought I&#39;d be prompted for. Should know different versions of windows are like apples and oranges!Busybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14640824503008213163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-70301952710469359092011-08-28T07:49:30.569-07:002011-08-28T07:49:30.569-07:00Thank you I just spent 4 hours trying to do just t...Thank you I just spent 4 hours trying to do just that. was about to give up when I ran across your post and 3 seconds later I was done. Works like I want it to now.TJ365https://www.blogger.com/profile/07792737230112064033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-18945681614321886372011-07-09T06:55:57.424-07:002011-07-09T06:55:57.424-07:00Thanks for this but I&#39;m still having problems ...Thanks for this but I&#39;m still having problems when typing in these entries in CMD even if I&#39;m running as administrator. I tried to type in netsh interface ipv4 set subinterface &quot;Local Area Connection&quot; mtu=1492 store=persistent and it said Element not found. <br /><br />I&#39;m connecting to the internet using my laptop in Windows 7 and the connection is wireless. We&#39;re using ZyXel modem/router for this as well.<br /><br />Please help.<br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br />PS. Haven&#39;t had any connection problems for several months and just recently I&#39;m experiencing slow downloads, cannot buffer well on Youtube (for even 2min videos) and slow uploads. I&#39;m thinking if this can resolve the problem (altering MTU)<br /><br />Also my Samsung laptop is relatively new and I haven&#39;t changed so much of its default settings yet so I don&#39;t think it&#39;s a problem of the unit but please let me know if there are other options.Joanna's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06645115077897083911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-45094096644565251132011-05-29T08:48:52.638-07:002011-05-29T08:48:52.638-07:00Hi,
Thanks for Sharing Useful Information, Now i ...Hi,<br /><br />Thanks for Sharing Useful Information, Now i am going to add this link on my bookmark.<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><a href="http://www.amsnetworks.com" rel="nofollow">Network Support Virginia</a>AMShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05386780469687101463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-90499533188929156612011-05-10T12:02:26.824-07:002011-05-10T12:02:26.824-07:00You are Awesome...It perfectly solved my problem.....You are Awesome...It perfectly solved my problem...Thanks alot for the post...Bunnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06503862078995633368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-53953457416419279192011-04-29T16:05:09.680-07:002011-04-29T16:05:09.680-07:00LOL, Indie,
You got me there.
Unless you are a p...LOL, Indie,<br /><br />You got me there.<br /><br />Unless you are a programmer, and you can reverse engineer all of the code that scares you, you really can&#39;t.<br /><br />How can you be sure that any code is &quot;properly written&quot;?<br /><br />My thought on that would be to use code that millions of other people use. Any product with any popularity is probably being carefully scrutinized by one watchdog agency or organisation. As long as <b>you</b> are not the CIA, or some major bank or other terrorist target, most likely <b>you</b> are as safe as anybody else using the same router, or software.<br /><br />In reality, you can&#39;t be 100% sure that code in any electronic device is &quot;properly written&quot;. Do you have a microwave oven in your home? Do you leave it connected to the mains, on a 7 x 24 basis? If the microcode in the circuitry on your microwave oven is not &quot;properly written&quot;, the oven <b>might</b> turn on when you are not watching.<br /><br />But you still (probably) have a microwave oven - and you have a computer, and a router.<br /><br />If you have a computer - and you have a router - you have to place some trust in the people who wrote the code that runs on your computer, and in your router. <br /><br />Whether it&#39;s code that runs the mouse pointer, that opens and closes ports on the router, or that lets you chat (audio / text / video) with your friends, you have to trust that code.<br /><br />Life is full of risks.Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08069634565746003311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-72181721498582622932011-04-22T09:23:56.502-07:002011-04-22T09:23:56.502-07:00good one, it resolved my issue with msn.com which ...good one, it resolved my issue with msn.com which was loading slowly.Sachin TKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16451405021070798248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-75908151141438612452011-04-16T23:53:18.205-07:002011-04-16T23:53:18.205-07:00Chuck, you have not answered my question at all. Y...Chuck, you have not answered my question at all. You have said nothing at all about how we can be sure that the UpnP code is properly written.Indicator Veritatishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061750313228927235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-22185024950713529232011-04-16T11:04:56.761-07:002011-04-16T11:04:56.761-07:00David,
The &quot;browser&quot; is simply one more...David,<br /><br />The &quot;browser&quot; is simply one more service that needs to run on one or more computers in the network. That&#39;s the redundancy - and the reason for this article.<br /><br />See the links below - and specifically the second.<br /><br /><a href="http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2005/04/nt-browser-or-why-cant-i-always-see.html#Prevent" rel="nofollow">http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2005/04/nt-browser-or-why-cant-i-always-see.html#Prevent</a><br /><br /><a href="http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/services-running-on-your-computer.html" rel="nofollow">http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/services-running-on-your-computer.html</a>Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08069634565746003311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-58527891615733928862011-04-16T10:54:02.288-07:002011-04-16T10:54:02.288-07:00Indicator,
That&#39;s a subject of some debate.
...Indicator,<br /><br />That&#39;s a subject of some debate.<br /><br />My personal opinion is that if you have the ability to use your computer carefully, using UPnP to dynamically open and close ports is better than opening ports permanently.<br /><br />If you do not have the ability to use your computer carefully, then you should not use UPnP, and you should not open any ports that might allow malicious traffic through your router.<br /><br />The latter alternative is a very small step from &quot;put your computer back into the box, and take it back to the store&quot;, IMHO.<br /><br />If you have a house, is it better to not have a door because bad guys might get into the house, then use the door to let more bad guys in? Or should you have a door, but use it properly and lock it when ever necessary?Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08069634565746003311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-44975230959728533922011-04-16T10:30:53.927-07:002011-04-16T10:30:53.927-07:00NC,
What &quot;viewer&quot; do you use to &quot;s...NC,<br /><br />What &quot;viewer&quot; do you use to &quot;see&quot; one computer from the other? Is it a function within &quot;Age of Empires&quot;? Or is it the &quot;Windows Explorer&quot; display aka &quot;File Manager&quot; (Windows Key - e)?<br /><br />The first will be a proprietary function within &quot;Age Of Empires&quot;. The second will involve the Windows Networking &quot;NT Browser&quot;, which is one of the objects of much mystery, which I describe elsewhere within this blog. See the links below.<br /><br /><a href="http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2005/04/nt-browser-or-why-cant-i-always-see.html" rel="nofollow">http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2005/04/nt-browser-or-why-cant-i-always-see.html</a><br /><br /><a href="http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2006/09/nt-browser-and-windows-networking.html" rel="nofollow">http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2006/09/nt-browser-and-windows-networking.html</a><br /><br /><a href="http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html" rel="nofollow">http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html</a>Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08069634565746003311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-42140654223719878882011-04-06T05:29:08.877-07:002011-04-06T05:29:08.877-07:00Great read on Proper Network design. This post hel...Great read on Proper Network design. This post helped me a lot. I use Windows XP and had some wireless LAN Driver and Ethernet Driver download problems. <br /><br />I updated all of my drivers automatically with <a href="http://www.windowsdriversdownload.org" rel="nofollow">windows drivers download</a> and solved all network related issues. Your site helped me a lot. Thank you very much.Saihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16982648617603520537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-44014448117962960772011-03-15T15:34:33.325-07:002011-03-15T15:34:33.325-07:00Great post. I have been trying to fix mtu, as I wa...Great post. I have been trying to fix mtu, as I was unable to view quite a few websites after upgrading my Internet connection to Fiber. Changing mtu to under 1500 resolved the issue. As stated in earlier comments, no need to reboot on Windows 7, just use store=persistent to make sure it is saved permanently on your machine.naveedkbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10681682977043669005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-3798647935909752572011-02-15T14:27:20.724-08:002011-02-15T14:27:20.724-08:00Hello,
First of all, excellent blog. I am trying ...Hello,<br /><br />First of all, excellent blog. I am trying to play Age of Empires 2 on a LAN network between Windows XP and Vista. The two computers can ping each other perfectly, share files and view each other on the network map. However when I try and create a LAN game on either computer - the other cannot see it and vice versa. I&#39;ve even tried this with firewalls off to no avail. Any suggestions? My router is a Thomson Speedtouch 585v7 and both computers can access the internet and each other perfectly.NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139174999674982664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-32070600846551962252011-01-30T19:36:30.521-08:002011-01-30T19:36:30.521-08:00this was really helpful, thank you. I had problems...this was really helpful, thank you. I had problems browsing any site but Google. Changed the MTU to 1492 (from 1500) and solved the problem right away. No need to reboot or reset services in Win7schmeglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433222644589907493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-50487973922870361942011-01-28T02:38:53.828-08:002011-01-28T02:38:53.828-08:00Hello,
I&#39;m in the process of setting up a sam...Hello,<br /><br />I&#39;m in the process of setting up a samba server and, on the way, I&#39;m trying to fully understand windows networking layers and why it evolved from NetBIOS to SMB, to workgroup, to domain and finally to Active Directory.<br /><br />Samab doc states that windows 9x series uses 3 types of passwords: &quot;local&quot; windows password (only used to gain access to the pwl file containing other passwords), windows network password and share specific passwords.<br /><br />I enjoyed your blog post but still can&#39;t figure out what the &quot;windows networking password&quot; is used for... In the windows 9x series AD does not exists, only workgroups do. And workgroup networking being a peer to peer type of network there is no central authentication. That&#39;s why I don&#39;t get where the network password fits.<br />Do you have the answer?<br /><br />Cheers,<br />GildasGildashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323608347390589920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-2303806826399096822011-01-24T10:39:46.701-08:002011-01-24T10:39:46.701-08:00Thanks for the Kung Fu! Finally figured out how t...Thanks for the Kung Fu! Finally figured out how to clear corrupt winsock cache!Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369397113690536989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-6581826248485426152011-01-18T22:42:38.606-08:002011-01-18T22:42:38.606-08:00Your post says &quot;If you&#39;re adding a comput...Your post says <i>&quot;If you&#39;re adding a computer running Windows Vista to your network, you have to set it up as a server, so you can access it from your other computers.&quot;</i><br /><br />It sounds like you are saying the Vista computer has to be set up as a server, even if all you want to do is use that computer to access other computers on the network (not share anything on the Vista computer). Is that what you meant to imply? I don&#39;t want my Vista computer to be a server, I just want to be able to use it to access other PCs in my workgroup.mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05046343015880717582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-29568776326495906442010-12-20T09:52:22.522-08:002010-12-20T09:52:22.522-08:00I was blissfully unaware of this error message unt...I was blissfully unaware of this error message until recently. I upgraded to AVG 2011 on a XP machine and subsequently couldn&#39;t map a drive to it and received the nasty-gram that you quote. I tweaked the registry and access was restored.Beekeeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16713043865895170503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-5405506724143681122010-12-05T02:38:12.525-08:002010-12-05T02:38:12.525-08:00I dread getting that message...I dread getting that message...Lickstaphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03823708883717713426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-91233694867968519232010-11-30T01:15:00.339-08:002010-11-30T01:15:00.339-08:00Hi, I have just quoted and copied your article her...Hi, I have just quoted and copied your article <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4311936/system-error-5-has-occurred-access-denied-when-using-net-time-remote-set" rel="nofollow">here</a>, I hope you don&#39;t mind. If you do, please let me know.Benjolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076527068502260545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649034.post-3959752596356061602010-11-02T11:15:04.257-07:002010-11-02T11:15:04.257-07:00wow. this has saved me. thank you so much. i tr...wow. this has saved me. thank you so much. i tried just about everything.Webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13018662697506505086noreply@blogger.com